Late Quaternary upwelling off tropical NW Africa: New micropalaeontological evidence from ODP Hole 658C

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-269

  Haslett, Simon K ^a   Smart, Christopher W ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; Northwest Africa; Planktonic foraminifera; Radiolaria; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; QUATERNARY; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; CAPE BLANC;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33645284423     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.970     Document Type: Article

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